Integrated and coherent health policy should start with the healthcare consumer and their needs. Wider policy must recognise the link between the nation’s overall health status and productivity: an investment in healthcare is an investment in the health of the budget itself.
CHF 2016-17 Federal Budget Submission
Position Statement on Private Health Insurance
Preserving Consumer Choices Without Sacrificing the Principles of Universal Health Care
CHF Awards Honorary Life Membership to Ainslie Cahill
An outstanding contributor to the Consumers Health Forum, Ainslie Cahill, has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of CHF in recognition of commitment to improving outcomes for all health consumers.
The 2015 Christopher Newell AM Oration
Dr Kym Jenkins, President Elect, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, presented the 2015 Christopher Newell AM Oration at CHF's Annual General Meeting, in which she spoke of the need to merge practices of mental and physical health.
Health Voices, Issue 17, November 2015
Preventive health... a cure for the future
Consumers Shaping Health, vol 9, issue 5, October 2015
This edition contains a report of the highlights from our Members and Stakeholders Forum held in August 2015, as well as links to the presentations.
Position Statement on Biosimilar Medicines
CHF supports the effective, safe and successful entry of biosimilars into the Australian market. This is in the interest of consumers as they will have access to a wider group of therapeutic options. In line with the National Medicines Policy safe and effective medicines should be available to consumers at the lowest possible cost. Patients should not have to pay more for a biosimilar than a reference brand.
Health literacy and consumer-centred care: at the brink of change?
Leanne Wells, Chief Executive Officer, Consumers Health Forum of Australia, gave the Ian Webster Health for All Oration to the annual forum of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity on 13 August 2015.
Towards a stronger medicare
On 30 June 2015 CHF CEO Leanne Wells spoke to the Melbourne Institute Public Economic 'Towards a Stronger Medicare' Forum at the National Press Club.
Membership report card June 2015
So far in 2015, on behalf of members, CHF has...